Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

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Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

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Museum für Naturkunde
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
The Museum für Naturkunde is an independent foundation under public law governed by:
. Stiftungsrat (Foundation Board)
. the appointed General Director, the Head of the Museum
. wissenschaftlicher Beirat (Scientific Advisory Board)
The museum is divided into the following Departments:
. The Department for Collections
. The Department for Research Infrastructure
. The Department for Exhibitions and Public Education
. Directorate General, including Administration
Research is organised in temporary research fields ("Forschungsbereiche"), which currently include the following:
. Discovery of Biodiversity
. Genome - Organism - Environment
. Diversity Dynamics
. Impact, Meteorites and Geological Processes
. Collection Development
. Science Communication and History of Science
The number of research fields and topics are flexible and depend on the academic focus of the Museum at any given time. Each research field has its own spokesperson.
See also: http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de